"Zemlya" - called "Earth" in English - was the first (and so far only) Alexander Dovzhenko movie that I've ever seen. It was a good effort, but it was mostly just Socialist Realism. The story focuses on Vassily, a farmer doing everything possible to oppose the takeover of his farm. There's some magnificent imagery, but the movie is mostly propaganda. If it is about how much we love the Earth, then that's a total joke for the Soviet Union, considering the environmental degradation that their government created (think Chernobyl).
So, if you're going to watch this movie, I guess that you would mostly do so as a historical reference. And people with short attention spans won't like it at all.
So, if you're going to watch this movie, I guess that you would mostly do so as a historical reference. And people with short attention spans won't like it at all.